but we've had this for ages, and better. 100 Mbit/s is roughly $30 in sweden, and you get something like 24Mbit upstream with that, handy when you want to have a webserver etc.. Americans really need to get their stuff sorted, we have this in all major cities and our population density is nothing like that out asian countries etc, in fact I suspect it's closer to that of North America..
I would have thought it's some as of yet unknown entity that those organisations are a front to and represent. As for the nature of such an entity, it could really be anything at all. I suspect we might find out before too long though, although I suspect that by then it will be too late to change anything. Perhaps it already is.
Very true. In fact I saw a documentary once where some west germans were allowed to test the east german MiG-29s before they were going to be replaced by newer western hardware (don't remember which plane) and they were very much impressed, to say the least. I believe one of them even said they would have got the asses seriosly kicked if push ever came to shove in the skies over Europe.
Of course nuclear weapons also come in to the mix here, let's not forget about them...
A better idea is if the Alphabet Agencies (CIA/DoD/NSA/DoJ/etc) uses FMRI's for security screenings, in the same way that polygraph's are used. That way science can build up a body of knowledge at the Federal Gov'ts expense and the results can be backed up with polygraphs.
Backed up by polygraphs? They're not really that reliable either, and I would have thought they can not be used as evidence in most parts of the world. Except for probably China, Iran and the US.
In the aftermath of the raid, members of the Left and Moderate parties in Sweden have proposed scrapping last year's law that criminalized illegal file-sharing, reported the Local, an English-language newspaper in Sweden
It looks like a reporter has a hard time distinguishing between legal jurisdictions. I doubt that the Swedes would have wasted time criminalizing something that was already illegal. This is a perfect example of the fuzzy thinking that most people bring to this (admittedly complex) issue.
No, actually we did enact a law last year which made filesharing illegal, up until that point it had not been. Now they're discussing scrapping that law and discussions are underway for an alternative method of payment-per-download or some such. We'll keep you posted on how that works out, because if it does work, you'll probably not hear much of it in official news media.
"Mees thinks all hell is about to break loose when the real world kicks in and ripps these people a new one."
Like starting to trade oil in Euros and Roubles? Yeah, that will create sort of an interesting situation, considering it's mostly the fact that all the debt the US ows the rest of the world is in dollars thats keeping the american economy afloat at the moment -- imagine what would happen if Japan and China, for instance, started dumping their dollars for euros...
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Like some forums I hang out at. I'd give a link, but I'm not entirely sure it's not against the Adsense TOS, so I'll refrain. But I think it could be a pretty good idea.
Imagine it at work @ Slashdot though: 5+ Funny == 5+ bucks.. I could get into that..
I think maybe you're confused between fusion and fission. Environmentalists generally don't mind fusion, as it is a safe, and very eco-friendly way of producing energy. Which is, you know, what they like.
Fission, on the other hand.. is problematic. It might be the only viable alternative at the moment (well actually I'm just saying that to not get flamed) but nobody can say it doesn't have its share of problems. Waste being the biggest, safety (yeah yeah I know, pebble reactors, yada yada;-) ) being the second biggest.
While Da Vinci is cool, I can think of a slew of other deceased notables worth talking with as well.
Yeah, um.. you won't actually get to talk with them though, you'll just get to figure out what their voices might have sounded like. Sorry if that ruins it for you.
Is it too soon for a Haulocaust video game? Seriously, it would promote dialogue and what-not...
Well let's see, have we had any games about vietnam? Three million dead compares pretty well with six million as far as I'm concerned. I guess I'm burning karma like it's going out of style here, but this hypocrisy has sort of got me going a little.
So there is no difference, in your mind, between two kids killing their classmates in a school and a declared war?
First of all, I'll think you'll find the US was not officially at war with anybody, it was all "advisors to the south vietnam government etc". Secondly, killing kids is killing kids, doesn't matter if it's in a war or not. And last but not least, 3 million people is a lot more than 20 odd people in a school. Columbine sucked, but let's try to keep things in perspective, ok?
Linguists, with surprisingly few exceptions all agree that language is an innate property of the mind. Um, actually this is just in the US. Where I went to school, the interactional linguistic paradigm rules pretty supremely. (Stockholm, Sweden if you're interested)
I myself am a linguist, and one thing that I've realized is that EVERYBODY thinks that they are experts on language, no matter how prejudicial and ignorant they are about language. So if you have never taken a linguistics course please read the Language Instinct by Steven Pinker before you pretend to know something about language.
Well, I'm also a linguist, but seriously Steven Pinker? I mean the guy is good, but it's sort of like saying "don't think you know mathematics until you've read Simon Singh.." anyway, I agree with you that people all "know" lots of stuff about language which most linguists would consider very much disproven by now.
the Linux / Windows debate of linguistics. Do we have a language gene, or is the exposure we get to language somehow able to give us all the clues we need to have more or less perfect grammar by the age of about three?
I really wish we could solve this once and for all and just move on, hopefully this can help.
(cue the jokes about how some slashdotters have the grammar skills of a three-year-old etc).
The Windows Trojan/Erazer-A Trojan looks at default folders for downloading MP3, AVI, MPEG, WMV, Gif, Zip graphic and video files, and wipes anything it finds with these extensions in the target locations. (...)
"The Erazer Trojan is a vigilante worthy of a Charles Bronson movie, taking the law into its own hands. However, it's perfectly possible for the Trojan to aim poorly and wipe out innocent files too," commented Graham Cluley of Sophos.
Aiming poorly? Yeah, if carpet bombing a country to hit a dart board is what you mean by aiming poorly...
someone figures out this was made by someone at *IAA? The article states it deletes anything from common P2P directories, not just porn and warez.. something smells a bit fishy here. (Oh wait that's the sushi from last night. What's that still doing there? I should really try and clean this place up a bit.) But anyway, yeah, this was probably made by one of those evil organisations, and someone should um.. do something about it.
"It's sad, but it's becoming a predictable reality that corporations prefer to litigate rather than innovate."
It's also sad that corporations would rather imitate rather than innovate. Hard to say which is worse, really.
The sad part, is that this has been going on for decades, and no-one seems to have noticed until now.
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but we've had this for ages, and better. 100 Mbit/s is roughly $30 in sweden, and you get something like 24Mbit upstream with that, handy when you want to have a webserver etc.. Americans really need to get their stuff sorted, we have this in all major cities and our population density is nothing like that out asian countries etc, in fact I suspect it's closer to that of North America..
I would have thought it's some as of yet unknown entity that those organisations are a front to and represent. As for the nature of such an entity, it could really be anything at all. I suspect we might find out before too long though, although I suspect that by then it will be too late to change anything. Perhaps it already is.
Very true. In fact I saw a documentary once where some west germans were allowed to test the east german MiG-29s before they were going to be replaced by newer western hardware (don't remember which plane) and they were very much impressed, to say the least. I believe one of them even said they would have got the asses seriosly kicked if push ever came to shove in the skies over Europe.
Of course nuclear weapons also come in to the mix here, let's not forget about them...
A better idea is if the Alphabet Agencies (CIA/DoD/NSA/DoJ/etc) uses FMRI's for security screenings, in the same way that polygraph's are used. That way science can build up a body of knowledge at the Federal Gov'ts expense and the results can be backed up with polygraphs.
Backed up by polygraphs? They're not really that reliable either, and I would have thought they can not be used as evidence in most parts of the world. Except for probably China, Iran and the US.
No, actually we did enact a law last year which made filesharing illegal, up until that point it had not been. Now they're discussing scrapping that law and discussions are underway for an alternative method of payment-per-download or some such. We'll keep you posted on how that works out, because if it does work, you'll probably not hear much of it in official news media.
It's mainly because of the capitali... oh, I see.. nevermind.
"Mees thinks all hell is about to break loose when the real world kicks in and ripps these people a new one."
Like starting to trade oil in Euros and Roubles? Yeah, that will create sort of an interesting situation, considering it's mostly the fact that all the debt the US ows the rest of the world is in dollars thats keeping the american economy afloat at the moment -- imagine what would happen if Japan and China, for instance, started dumping their dollars for euros...
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of this fine article..
who's going to make the first DRM joke? I can't think of any.
Like some forums I hang out at. I'd give a link, but I'm not entirely sure it's not against the Adsense TOS, so I'll refrain. But I think it could be a pretty good idea.
Imagine it at work @ Slashdot though: 5+ Funny == 5+ bucks.. I could get into that..
Everyone should just go naked from now on
AMEN to that!
"Linux text editor you've never heard of may fork, says analyst!"
What?! Which text editor? When did this happen?
I think maybe you're confused between fusion and fission. Environmentalists generally don't mind fusion, as it is a safe, and very eco-friendly way of producing energy. Which is, you know, what they like.
;-) ) being the second biggest.
Fission, on the other hand.. is problematic. It might be the only viable alternative at the moment (well actually I'm just saying that to not get flamed) but nobody can say it doesn't have its share of problems. Waste being the biggest, safety (yeah yeah I know, pebble reactors, yada yada
While Da Vinci is cool, I can think of a slew of other deceased notables worth talking with as well.
Yeah, um.. you won't actually get to talk with them though, you'll just get to figure out what their voices might have sounded like. Sorry if that ruins it for you.
There's a difference between combat in war than a mass killing spree against unarmed people (kids or adults).
Really? Ever hear of My Lai?
Is it too soon for a Haulocaust video game? Seriously, it would promote dialogue and what-not...
Well let's see, have we had any games about vietnam? Three million dead compares pretty well with six million as far as I'm concerned. I guess I'm burning karma like it's going out of style here, but this hypocrisy has sort of got me going a little.
So there is no difference, in your mind, between two kids killing their classmates in a school and a declared war?
First of all, I'll think you'll find the US was not officially at war with anybody, it was all "advisors to the south vietnam government etc". Secondly, killing kids is killing kids, doesn't matter if it's in a war or not. And last but not least, 3 million people is a lot more than 20 odd people in a school. Columbine sucked, but let's try to keep things in perspective, ok?
I have NO idea what these people were thinking. Mass murder of children is NOT entertainment. Sheesh.
So tell me, would you play a game based on the Vietnam war? How about Iraq war? Or did you mean "Mass murder of american children"?
Yeah, flamebait, I know.. but seriously, think about it.
Linguists, with surprisingly few exceptions all agree that language is an innate property of the mind. Um, actually this is just in the US. Where I went to school, the interactional linguistic paradigm rules pretty supremely. (Stockholm, Sweden if you're interested)
I myself am a linguist, and one thing that I've realized is that EVERYBODY thinks that they are experts on language, no matter how prejudicial and ignorant they are about language. So if you have never taken a linguistics course please read the Language Instinct by Steven Pinker before you pretend to know something about language.
Well, I'm also a linguist, but seriously Steven Pinker? I mean the guy is good, but it's sort of like saying "don't think you know mathematics until you've read Simon Singh.." anyway, I agree with you that people all "know" lots of stuff about language which most linguists would consider very much disproven by now.
the Linux / Windows debate of linguistics. Do we have a language gene, or is the exposure we get to language somehow able to give us all the clues we need to have more or less perfect grammar by the age of about three?
I really wish we could solve this once and for all and just move on, hopefully this can help.
(cue the jokes about how some slashdotters have the grammar skills of a three-year-old etc).
... no wonder I have zero success with the ladies, I've misunderstood the whole thing. Go figure.
The Windows Trojan/Erazer-A Trojan looks at default folders for downloading MP3, AVI, MPEG, WMV, Gif, Zip graphic and video files, and wipes anything it finds with these extensions in the target locations.
(...)
"The Erazer Trojan is a vigilante worthy of a Charles Bronson movie, taking the law into its own hands. However, it's perfectly possible for the Trojan to aim poorly and wipe out innocent files too," commented Graham Cluley of Sophos.
Aiming poorly? Yeah, if carpet bombing a country to hit a dart board is what you mean by aiming poorly...
someone figures out this was made by someone at *IAA? The article states it deletes anything from common P2P directories, not just porn and warez.. something smells a bit fishy here. (Oh wait that's the sushi from last night. What's that still doing there? I should really try and clean this place up a bit.) But anyway, yeah, this was probably made by one of those evil organisations, and someone should um.. do something about it.
Plus the google ads below the summary are all for Zen players too. I'm sooo not clicking on them.
"It's sad, but it's becoming a predictable reality that corporations prefer to litigate rather than innovate." It's also sad that corporations would rather imitate rather than innovate. Hard to say which is worse, really.
The sad part, is that this has been going on for decades, and no-one seems to have noticed until now.